Process Groups: A Practice Guide

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Notice
5. Preface
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Figures and Tables
8. 1. Introduction
   1. 1.1. Project Management
      1. 1.1.1. Importance of Project Management
      2. 1.1.2. Foundational Elements
   2. 1.2. Projects
      1. 1.2.1. Projects Drive Change
      2. 1.2.2. Projects Enable Business Value Creation
      3. 1.2.3. Contexts for Project Initiation
   3. 1.3. Programs and Program Management
   4. 1.4. Portfolios and Portfolio Management
   5. 1.5. Relationship Among Portfolios, Programs, and Projects
   6. 1.6. Organizational Project Management (OPM)
   7. 1.7. Project Components and Considerations
      1. 1.7.1. Project and Development Life Cycles
      2. 1.7.2. Project Phase
      3. 1.7.3. Phase Gate
      4. 1.7.4. Project Management Processes
      5. 1.7.5. Project Management Process Groups
   8. 1.8. Project Management Data and Information
   9. 1.9. Tailoring
   10. 1.10. Benefits Management and Business Documents
   11. 1.11. Project Charter, Project Management Plan, and Project Documents
   12. 1.12. Project Success Measures
9. 2. The Project Environment
   1. 2.1. Enterprise Environmental Factors
      1. 2.1.1. EEFs Internal to the Organization
      2. 2.1.2. EEFs External to the Organization
   2. 2.2. Organizational Process Assets
      1. 2.2.1. Plans, Processes, and Documents
      2. 2.2.2. Organizational Knowledge Repositories
   3. 2.3. Governance
      1. 2.3.1. Organizational Governance
      2. 2.3.2. Project Governance
   4. 2.4. Management Elements
   5. 2.5. Organizational Structures
      1. 2.5.1. Organizational Structure Types
      2. 2.5.2. Factors in Organizational Structure Selection
   6. 2.6. Project Management Office
10. 3. Role of the Project Manager
    1. 3.1. The Project Manager's Sphere of Influence
       1. 3.1.1. The Project
       2. 3.1.2. The Organization
       3. 3.1.3. The Industry
       4. 3.1.4. Project Stakeholders
    2. 3.2. Project Manager Competences
       1. 3.2.1. Ways of Working
       2. 3.2.2. Business Acumen
       3. 3.2.3. Power Skills
    3. 3.3. Qualities and Skills of a Leader
       1. 3.3.1. Leadership Styles
       2. 3.3.2. Leadership Compared to Management
       3. 3.3.3. Politics, Power, and Getting Things Done
       4. 3.3.4. Personality
    4. 3.4. Performing Integration
       1. 3.4.1. Performing Integration at the Process Level
       2. 3.4.2. Integration at the Cognitive Level
       3. 3.4.3. Integration at the Context Level
       4. 3.4.4. Integration and Complexity
11. 4. Initiating Process Group
    1. 4.1. Develop Project Charter
    2. 4.2. Identify Stakeholders
12. 5. Planning Process Group
    1. 5.1. Develop Project Management Plan
    2. 5.2. Plan Scope Management
    3. 5.3. Collect Requirements
    4. 5.4. Define Scope
    5. 5.5. Create WBS
    6. 5.6. Plan Schedule Management
    7. 5.7. Define Activities
    8. 5.8. Sequence Activities
    9. 5.9. Estimate Activity Durations
    10. 5.10. Develop Schedule
    11. 5.11. Plan Cost Management
    12. 5.12. Estimate Costs
    13. 5.13. Determine Budget
    14. 5.14. Plan Quality Management
    15. 5.15. Plan Resource Management
    16. 5.16. Estimate Activity Resources
    17. 5.17. Plan Communications Management
    18. 5.18. Plan Risk Management
    19. 5.19. Identify Risks
    20. 5.20. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
    21. 5.21. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
    22. 5.22. Plan Risk Responses
    23. 5.23. Plan Procurement Management
    24. 5.24. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
13. 6. Executing Process Group
    1. 6.1. Direct and Manage Project Work
    2. 6.2. Manage Project Knowledge
    3. 6.3. Manage Quality
    4. 6.4. Acquire Resources
    5. 6.5. Develop Team
    6. 6.6. Manage Team
    7. 6.7. Manage Communications
    8. 6.8. Implement Risk Responses
    9. 6.9. Conduct Procurements
    10. 6.10. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
14. 7. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
    1. 7.1. Monitor and Control Project Work
    2. 7.2. Perform Integrated Change Control
    3. 7.3. Validate Scope
    4. 7.4. Control Scope
    5. 7.5. Control Schedule
    6. 7.6. Control Costs
    7. 7.7. Control Quality
    8. 7.8. Control Resources
    9. 7.9. Monitor Communications
    10. 7.10. Monitor Risks
    11. 7.11. Control Procurements
    12. 7.12. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
15. 8. Closing Process Group
    1. 8.1. Close Project or Phase
16. 9. Inputs and Outputs
17. 10. Tools and Techniques
18. References
19. Appendix X1. Contributors and Reviewers of Process Groups: A Practice Guide
    1. X1.1. Reviewers
    2. X1.2. PMI Staff
20. Glossary
    1. 1. Inclusions and Exclusions
    2. 2. Common Acronyms
    3. 3. Definitions